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Extreme heat already claims lives in Latin American cities — and the toll is set to rise

Mortality climbs when either excessive cold or extreme heat sets in, but deaths from the latter are on a path to eclipse those from the former.
A man cools off with water during a hot summer day in Vicente Lopez, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, during an intense heat wave.

A man cools off near Buenos Aires, where mortality soars after even a slight rise in temperature during what are typically the city’s hottest days. Credit: Alejandro Pagni/AFP via Getty

Extreme heat is already contributing to premature deaths across Latin America, and that trend is expected to accelerate as the globe warms1.

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Nature 607, 11 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01778-w

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  1. Kephart, J. L. et al. Nature Med. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01872-6 (2022).

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